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Arthur, Illinois, United States Job Description Job Details Division:

CHI Overhead Doors Location:

Arthur, IL, United States Other Available Locations:

N/A Welcome to Nucor, where our unique culture sets us apart. Joining Nucor means becoming part of North America's largest steel and steel products manufacturer, offering unmatched career opportunities and stability. We are known for our innovative sustainability practices and are the continent's largest recycler. Our vibrant culture, built on personal connections and teamwork, empowers every team member with the freedom to innovate and contribute to our collective success. Experience a workplace where safety, efficiency, and meaningful personal connections define every day, enriching both our teammates and the communities we serve. Nucor supports its teammates with top-tier benefits like Medical, Dental, Vision, and Disability Insurance, 401K and Roth accounts, Profit sharing, Pay-for-performance bonuses, Paid parental leave, Tuition reimbursement, Stock program, Scholarships and more.

Basic Job Functions:

Area Leads are experienced frontline leaders who carry growing operational and people leadership responsibility across their assigned area. They are accountable for the performance, consistency, and development of the Team Team Leads within their area

• ensuring safety standards, operational production targets, and quality expectations are met across every area line and every shift.

This role operates with increasing independence, requiring the ability to read the department broadly, make sound judgment calls in real time, and bring forward operational insights that drive continuous improvement. Area Leads work closely with their Supervisor to build the leadership and operational knowledge that the scope of this role demands. Safety & Standards

• Model, reinforce, and hold teammates and teams accountable to safety practices, policies, procedures, and housekeeping standards at all times.
• Drive consistent application of safety, quality, cost, and 5S standards across the area.
• Foster a department culture built on accountability, inclusion, teamwork, and mutual respect. Production & Operations
• Oversee daily transportation activities across the area to meet safety, quality, scrap, and productivity goals.
• Monitor area performance trends across areas and shifts
• identifying patterns, surfacing insights, and bringing forward recommendations before issues escalate.
• Take ownership of outcomes across the area, making real-time adjustments to staffing, process, or priorities as conditions require.
• Demonstrate proficiency across positions within the department and serve as a resource when operational challenges arise.
• Ensure accurate timekeeping and attendance records are maintained across the area.

Coaching, Development & Leadership Support the Supervisor in coaching and developing teammates by providing day-to-day reinforcement and feedback. Communicate daily and weekly objectives, performance expectations, and company priorities clearly and consistently across the area. Conduct performance conversations, contribute to development planning, and document coaching and counseling with increasing independence. Contribute to hiring, promotion, and discipline decisions or recommendations within the area in partnership with the Supervisor. Develop a working knowledge of the full scope of departmental leadership

• including goal-setting, performance management, and cross-functional coordination
• through active engagement in area operations.

Safety is the most important part of all jobs within Nucor; therefore, candidates must be able to demonstrate the ability to initiate, lead, and uphold safety policies, practices, procedures, and housekeeping standards at all times.

Compensation Data Starting Base Salary Range:

$87,000

• 101,000 ROA Bonus ROA bonus percentage is variable, determinate upon company performance each year, up to 33% of annual salary.

Profit-Sharing 10% of Nucor's pre-tax earnings are contributed to the Profit Sharing Plan annually and distributed to all eligible teammates. Current 6-year average = 19.88% of eligible earnings. Benefits C.H.I. Overhead Doors, a Nucor company, is proud to offer industry-leading benefits. Visit nucor.com/benefits to learn more.

Benefits include:

Annual Profit-Sharing Bonus 401K program with company match Paid maternity & paternity leave Paid time off, 11 paid holidays Short-term disability/sick pay Zero-deductible medical & dental insurance Vision insurance On-Site Health Clinic in Arthur, IL (free for teammates and their covered spouses and dependents) Teladoc (free virtual access to medical, dermatology, and mental health professionals) No-cost physical therapy & wellness programs Nucor stock purchase plan with company match

Preferred Qualifications:

2 or more years of experience leading a team of over the road drivers, dispatching, routing and scheduling of freight either OTR or Inter Modul. 2 or more years of experience as an OTR driver Working knowledge of Samsara products Working knowledge of Microsoft Office products (Excel, Word, Power BI) Experience in CDL hours of service and FMCSA regulations Learn More For more information about this position, please reach out to Brad Edwards (brad.edwards@nucor.com) Deadline to

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9/23/2026 Nucor is an Equal Opportunity Employer and a drug-free workplace

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